Dr. Frank Tong, Chief Executive Officer of ASTRI was interviewed by RoadShow programme to introduce ASTRI’s technology projects of Indoor/outdoor Geographic Information System (GIS).
To support the HKSAR Government strategy in transforming Hong Kong into a Smart City, ASTRI is working with the Energizing Kowloon East Office (EKEO) and Lands Department to develop the GIS and pilot smart parking and smart community in Kowloon East.
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Fintech investments in Asia was quadrupled in 2015. With the rapid development of financial technology, consumer behavioral pattern has changed over time. Blockchain, smart contracts, and predictive analytics are among the financial service technologies transforming the ways transactions are conducted and customers are served. Against this backdrop, ASTRI is privileged to work closely with regulators, financial services companies and different business sectors to explore opportunities and develop solutions to serve consumers better.
On 22 September, ASTRI was very delighted and honored to receive over 30 CIOs and Senior Executives from HSBC to discuss a number of transformational technologies that are applicable to banking sector. HSBC, as the leading global bank, is well-poised to capitalize on the next generation technology and innovation to deliver greater convenience for its customers. The Bank has established innovation hubs in London, Singapore and India. Now, the Bank specially gathered its great heads from different global functions at ASTRI not only to tour around the facility, but also dive deeper into various R&D initiatives of ASTRI.
Chairman Mr. Wong Ming-yam, BBS, JP, Dr. Frank Tong, CEO and Dr. Duncan Wong, Vice-President, Financial Technologies of ASTRI warmly greeted the delegates. “We are honored to have this great opportunity to receive the experts from technology and innovation functions at HSBC. We believe the meeting would generate interesting insights into the applications of new technologies in banking industry,” said Chairman Wong.
“New and evolving internet finance technologies are reshaping the financial industry across the globe. Hong Kong is Asia’s premier financial centre, the financial service industry here also sees the imminent need to embrace the fintech trend. Earlier, we collaborated with the Hong Kong Monetary Authority to set up the “Fintech Innovation Hub”. In the future, we look forward to partnering with different financial institutions to develop proof of concept trials of products and services through the use of new technologies,” added Dr. Tong.
Dr. Tong also gave an overview of ASTRI to the delegation and walked them through the several key areas of Fintech research ASTRI is focusing on, e.g. Cyber Security, Blockchain, Big Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence, as well as Mobile Computing.
Apart from learning the R&D directions and core competence of ASTRI, the delegates also viewed a number of FinTech-related demonstrations including ASTRI’s SecShare platform, big data analytics, facial recognition, blockchain and touch authentication, to name but a few.
The delegates also toured around ASTRI’s laboratories such as ASTRI Cyber Range Laboratory.
It was a fruitful visit that ASTRI and HSBC had a meaningful opportunity to exchange views on technologies and applications. The event concluded with cozy mingling and sharing.
“All my colleagues are impressed by the demos we saw. I guess everybody loves the cyber security demos. It is particularly important for HSBC as the security of information that our clients give us is critical. Keeping it secured is one of our utmost objectives,” said Mr. Christopher Chazot, Global Head of Innovation of HSBC.
Dr. Andrew Weir, Chief Scientist of HSBC said, “It has been a fantastic visit. It’s been a great opportunity for us to introduce the team the facilities here, to see how it is professionally managed and gave us an understanding of what applied innovation means for HSBC.”
“Today’s visit is very fantastic. I wanted to thank ASTRI for arranging it for us. We have seen a lot. It triggered us to think about a lot more of the projects that we can jointly run with ASTRI,” said Ms. Elena Lam, CIO Asia Pacific of HSBC.
Dr. C K Chan, CIO, Asia Pacific International of HSBC shared, “The event today was a great opportunity for all our global heads and regional heads from outside Hong Kong to come to ASTRI to witness some of the exciting technologies. Once they saw them, they could take them back home and think about what we can do next.”
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Please click here to view the sharing of Ms. Elena Lam, CIO Asia Pacific of HSBC
Please click here to view the sharing of Dr. C K Chan, Head of CIO, Asia Pacific International of HSBC
Delegates of HSBC are impressed by the demonstrations of ASTRI’s technologies
Dr. Frank Tong, CEO of ASTRI introduces ASTRI to the delegates
Delegates view the big data analytics demonstration
[ngg_images gallery_ids=”73″ display_type=”photocrati-nextgen_basic_thumbnails” gallery_width=”950″ gallery_height=”400″]ASTRI is one of the strategic partners of the “APAC Innovation Summit 2016 Series – Smart City” held on 22 -23 September 2016 at Hong Kong Science Park. On day 1 of the summit, ASTRI took part in the mini exhibition at the venue and showcased its self-developed project of Indoor & outdoor Geographic Information System.
This system is an integrated seamless indoor and outdoor navigation system. It can cover both outdoor areas such as pedestrian’s pathways, alleys, bridges, as well as some indoor premises such as shopping malls. The system will also provide other services such as enquiry on nearby information and broadcast real time special notice. Underlying the system, ASTRI has developed a scalable cloud platform involving various kind of technologies such Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE). The system will be piloted in the Kowloon East.
APAC Innovation Summit 2016 Series – Smart City was organised by Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP), which is a flagship event with an aim to provide the leading minds an opportunity for inspirational exchange in technology and market trends. For event details, please refer to: https://www.apacinnosummit.net.
ASTRI’s R&D experts introduces Indoor & outdoor Geographic Information System to participants.
[Hong Kong, 22 Sep 2016] The Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute (ASTRI) and Nantong Industrial Technology Institute (NTITI) announced today the establishment of the ASTRI – NTITI Joint Laboratory in Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, focusing on the research and development of the next generation wireless network solutions.
Dr. Justin Chuang, Vice President, Next Generation Network of ASTRI and Prof. Jianhua Lu, Honorary President of NTITI and Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences officiated at the signing ceremony and signed the collaboration Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). Witnessing the ceremony included Prof. Chen Xu, Associate Dean of NTITI, Prof. Ning Ge, Associate Dean of NTITI, Dr. Meikei Ieong, Chief Technology Officer of ASTRI, Mr. Bill Zhang, Senior Director (IC Design Analog), Dr. Eric Tsang, Director of ASTRI, representatives from Tsinghua University, Nantong University, NTITI and ASTRI.
The establishment of the ASTRI – NTITI Joint Laboratory will strengthen in-depth collaborative research and provide highly competitive and innovative solutions for the next generation wireless network technologies.
The joint laboratory will cover the following key R&D and commercialization areas:
Dr. Justin Chuang, Vice President, Next Generation Network of ASTRI said in his remark, “We are very excited to work closely with NTITI. The establishment of the joint lab will facilitate ASTRI and NTITI to promote R&D and new applications of the next-generation wireless network, including the next generation radio access and core network technologies for value creation.”
Prof. Jianhua Lu, Honorary President of NTITI and Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences said, “We are very pleased to collaborate with ASTRI. With the establishment of the joint laboratory, we can strengthen our collaboration in the applied research and jointly develop the next generation wireless network technologies such as coordinated satellite-terrestrial mobile networks, wide-area coverage broadband communications etc.”
Dr. Justin Chuang, Vice President, Next Generation Network of ASTRI (1st row, left) and Prof. Jianhua Lu, Honorary President of NTITI and Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences (1st row, right) sign the collaboration Memorandum of Understanding under the witnesses of Dr. Meikei Ieong, Chief Technology Officer of ASTRI (2nd row, 1st from left), Prof. Ning Ge, Associate Dean of NTITI (2nd row, 2nd from left), Prof. Chen Xu, Associate Dean of NTITI (2nd row, 2nd from right), and Prof. Youzhang Wang, Professor of Tsinghua University(2nd row, 1st from right).
Prof. Jianhua Lu, Honorary President of NTITI and Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences (1st from left) discusses the collaboration details after the signing ceremony.
Prof. Ning Ge, Associate Dean of Nantong Industrial Technology Institute Company Limited (NTITI) (2nd from left) gives an overview on NTITI.
Dr. Eric Tsang, Director of ASTRI gives an introduction of ASTRI.
About NTITI
Nantong Industrial Technology Institute Company Limited (NTITI) was founded by the Nantong Government in October 2015 focusing on the applied research and technology transfer of the advanced communication technologies. NTITI had established a joint R&D centre with Tsinghua University and Nantong University with the missions of leveraging their technologies on the aerospace and wireless multimedia communications, building up innovative R&D talents and teams, incubating new high-tech enterprises through the technology transfer and enhancing Nantong’s competitiveness in the industries. NTITI’s key R&D and commercialization areas include wide area coverage broadband communication systems, mobile internet, smart cities, smart healthcare etc. For further information about NTITI, please visit http://www.nt-act.com.
About ASTRI
Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute Company Limited (ASTRI) was founded by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in 2000 with the mission of enhancing Hong Kong’s competitiveness in technology-based industries through applied research. ASTRI’s core R&D competences in various areas are organised under seven Technology Divisions, namely Communications Technologies, Electronics Components, IC Design (Analog), IC Design (Digital), Opto-electronics, Security and Data Sciences, and Intelligent Software and Systems. Five areas of applications including financial technologies, intelligent manufacturing, next generation network, health technology, and smart city are identified for major pursuit. For further information about ASTRI, please visit www.astri.org.
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A delegation led by Mr. Chaichana Mitrpant, Deputy Executive Director of Electronic Transactions Development Agency and Ms. Eva Chan, Secretary General of Asia PKI Consortium of Thailand visited ASTRI on 22 September 2016. Dr. Frank Tong, CEO and Mr. Ryan Chung, Director of Chief Technology Officer Office of ASTRI extended a warm welcome to the visitors and introduced to them ASTRI’s latest technologies such as blockchain and big data analytics. They also had an in-depth discussion over the development of FinTech and cyber security in Thailand and Hong Kong.
Mr. Yan Shengxi, Deputy Director of Department of Science & Technology, Mr. Zhong Jianzong, Deputy Director of Research Institute, and Dr. Scott Bao, Principal Researcher of Shenzhen Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau visited ASTRI on 21 September 2016. Dr. Andrew Wat, Director of Data Analytics and Dr. Yu Tao, Director of Big Data of ASTRI extended a warm welcome to the visitors and introduced to them ASTRI’s latest technologies such as food safety and big data analytics.
Over 40 representatives of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Fok Ying Tung Research Institute visited ASTRI on 21 September 2016. Dr. Thomas Liu, Vice President, Intelligent Manufacturing of ASTRI extended a warm welcome to the representatives and showed them ASTRI’s latest technologies such as Head-Up Display and facial recognition.
A Jinjiang delegation of 25 persons led by Mr Wu Zhongliu, Member of Jinjiang Municipal Standing Committee / Director-General of Jinjiang Organization Department, Mr. Guo Langtao, Director of Fujian Province Jinjiang City Economic and Information Bureau, and Mr. Shi Yongxin, Section Chief of Jinjiang Organization Department visited ASTRI on 21 September 2016. Mr. Ryan Chung, Director of Chief Technology Officer Office extended a warm welcome to the VIPs and introduced to them ASTRI’s latest technologies and facilities including Facial Recognition, Naked Eye 3D Display and Cyber Range Laboratory.
15 exclusively selected individuals from the IFG leadership development programme of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA) visited ASTRI on 20 September 2016. According to Dr. Maria Dollhopf, the coordinator of the IFG leadership development programme, the purpose of this study trip is to offer the participants with deep insights into the entire ecosystem of R&D innovation in Hong Kong and Shenzhen as well as the R&D processes in different sectors and institutions.
They understand that ASTRI is designated as the Hong Kong R&D Centre for Information and Communications Technologies with special goals to market leading-edge R&D for technology transfer to industry and to act as a focal point bringing together industry and university R&D assets to increase Hong Kong’s technological competitiveness. So, they are very interested in knowing more about how ASTRI, as a research institute, differentiates from the universities in Hong Kong and how ASTRI promotes industry and university partnerships in R&D initiatives.
Dr. Frank Tong, Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Meikei Ieong, Chief Technology Officer and Mr. Dennis Lee, Technical Marketing Director of ASTRI extended a very warm welcome to the delegates and offered a talk about ASTRI’s latest technologies including Blockchain technologies, Facial Recognition, Cyber Security and Naked Eye 3D Display etc. The delegates also had an opportunity to meet with a fellow member of ASTRI Innovation Runway (AIR) Entrepreneurship Fellow Programme and briefly chatted with the young technology entrepreneur his innovative idea and how he overcame the obstacles in the start-up process.
Some of the delegates shared their experience after the visit. Let’s hear what they said:
“It’s an impressive and interesting experience both to learn the unique role of ASTRI and some of your innovative initiatives that can facilitate the business to market state-of-the-art products and applications to the general public.” Dr. Michael Jacob, Associate Professor and Senior Advisor of Ministry of Enterprise and Innovation.
“What is important to a global company is to understand the different innovation system around the globe. So, this trip gives us an insight into the HK innovation system, get us to think a little bit of what we can do and what we can benefit from here.” Monica Ringvik, Director, Research & Innovation Policy, Sustainability & Public Affairs.
“The most impressive area of ASTRI, I think, is your role in the society to collaborate with universities and companies, and also to support new companies and new technologies for society, that’s the most important thing I think.” Dr. Peter Holmstedt, Adjunct Professor, KTH Royal Institute of Technology School of Industrial Management and Engineering.
“It is very interesting to visit your facility here and the most impressive thing of this visit is to know that you offer unique opportunities with your technology knowledge and your facilities for companies to commercialise the innovative ideas and launch them in the market, I think that’s very unique. It is also very interesting to see your project demonstrations.” Karin Ifwer, Director, R&D Competence, Research & Development, Strategic Development, Vattenfall.
Dr. Xiaohua Wu, Director, Multimedia Systems & Analytics and Dr. John Tsang, Senior Technical Manager of ASTRI were invited to attend the APEC Smart Healthcare Industrial Cooperation and Development Seminar Alongside Technology Promotion Meeting held on 19 September at Guangzhou, Guangdong Building. At the seminar, Dr. Wu delivered a keynote presentation titled “Current development of Hong Kong smart healthcare & ASTRI’s latest health technologies” and Dr. Tsang delivered a keynote presentation titled “Smart healthcare electronics”.
Representatives attending the seminar and meeting (from left): Mrs, Xiong Yan, Deputy Director of Guangdong Science & Technology Cooperation Center, Mr. Hanrong Wu, Director of Guangdong Science & Technology Cooperation Center, Dr. Candice J. Gibson, Assistant Dean of Basic Medical Sciences Undergraduate Education of Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University. Dr. C. Robin Walker, Vice President of Medical Affairs and Medical Education for London Health Sciences Centre and St Joseph’s Health Care London, Western University, Dr. Xiaohua Wu, Director, Multimedia Systems & Analytics of ASTRI and Dr. John Tsang, Senior Technical Manager of ASTRI.
Dr. Wu delivers a keynote presentation.
Dr. Tsang delivers a keynote presentation.
